Date/Time
Date(s) - 04/18/2024
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Location
Fitts Auditorium, Penn Law
Categories
Are Academic Freedom and Open Expression Under Siege?
Campus Unrest and the Future of the University
Thursday, April 18, 4:30-6:00PM
Fitts Auditorium, Penn Carey Law School
There is sharp disagreement about the meaning and practice of open expression and academic freedom at the University of Pennsylvania and other universities. What exactly do these concepts mean? What rights do they confer? What are their limits? To what extent are they threatened in the current political and social climate? How can the central function of a university – educating students and producing new knowledge – survive in the face of such threats?
Join the last of the Spring 2024 Faculty Senate Roundtables, in which we will host a group of the nation’s leading scholars for a timely discussion followed by questions from the audience. Open to everyone in the Penn community.
A roundtable discussion featuring:
- Risa Lieberwitz, Professor of Labor and Employment Law, School fo Industrial and Labor Relations, Cornell University
- Geoffrey Stone, Edward H. Levi Distinguished Service Professor of Law, former Dean and Provost, University of Chicago
- Keith Whittington, William Nelson Cromwell Professor of Politics, Department of Politics, Princeton University
Moderated by:
- Sophia Rosenfeld, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History and Chair, Department of History, University of Pennsylvania
A recording of the first roundtable, Free Speech on Campus: Questions for Challenging Times, is now available.